17.10.2011 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year since 1993, when the General Assembly, by resolution 47/196, designated this day to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries, particularly in developing countries – a need that has become a development priority.

At the Millennium Summit, world leaders committed themselves to cutting by half by the year 2015 the number of people living in extreme poverty – people whose income is less than one dollar a day.

The theme for this year’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — “Working together out of poverty” — highlights the need for a truly global anti-poverty alliance, one in which both developed and developing countries participate actively.

InformationThe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year since 1993, when the General Assembly, by resolution 47/196, designated this day to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries, particularly in developing countries – a need that has become a development priority.

At the Millennium Summit, world leaders committed themselves to cutting by half by the year 2015 the number of people living in extreme poverty – people whose income is less than one dollar a day.

The theme for this year’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — “Working together out of poverty” — highlights the need for a truly global anti-poverty alliance, one in which both developed and developing countries participate actively.

Information